Blind faith in Bush is the very opposite of all that which conservatism has stood for for the last four decades. The anti-government ethos espoused by Barry Goldwater and even Ronald Reagan is wholly unrecognizable in Bush followers, who - at least thus far - have discovered no limits on the powers that ought to be vested in George Bush to enable him “to do good” on behalf of all of us. And in that regard, people like Michelle Malkin and Jonah Goldberg are not conservatives. They are authoritarian cultists. Their allegiance is not to any principles of government but to Bush. The rage-based reverence for Bush — and the creepy, blind faith vested in his goodness — is not a movement I recognize as being conservative or even American.
February 19, 2006 5:50 AM
